CHSq 2023: Stiff Little Fingers just announced

‘Putting the Fast into Belfast Pt. 5’

Author: Emma DicksonPublished 6th Mar 2023

Following their SOLD OUT Custom House Square show in 2022, legendary NI Punks Stiff Little Fingers return to Custom House Square for another special night in Belfast on Saturday 19th August 2023.

They'll be joined with an all-star line-up of very special guests & friends including Peter Hook & the Light, Glen Matlock, The Starjets and DJ Terri Hooley.

Stiff Little Fingers were formed in 1977 in Belfast, Ireland. Along with the likes of the Clash, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Sham 69, Stranglers, et al – Stiff Little Fingers were at the forefront of the punk movement.

They wrote initially about their own lives, growing up at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, in songs like “Suspect Device” and “Wasted Life”.

In 1979 they became the first band ever to hit the UK top 20 album charts on an independent label with their debut Inflammable Material. The album chronicles the band’s anger and frustration at “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland, and calls on youth to create their own reality.

Using the band’s rich musical foundation as a building block, the time has come to bring the newest chapter of the band’s music to the world.

The new songs, penned over the last decade, show a definite musical growth in the band. The result is the band’s latest release – No Going Back was released in March 2014.

How to get tickets 👇

Tickets on sale Friday 10th March at 9am via www.ticketmaster.ie

Check out who else is headlining CHSq 2023 👇

Stiff Little Fingers

Following their SOLD OUT Custom House Square show in 2022, legendary NI Punks Stiff Little Fingers return to Custom House Square for another special night in Belfast on Saturday 19th August 2023.


They'll be joined with an all-star line-up of very special guests & friends including Peter Hook & the Light, Glen Matlock, The Starjets and DJ Terri Hooley.

Becky Hill

Two-time Brit-award winning singer-songwriter Becky Hill has announced her biggest Belfast headline show to date at Custom House Square on Wednesday 23rd August 2023.


Becky Hill doesn't do rules. A hit machine since her teens, the pop powerhouse has forged her own particular path to fame.

The Coronas

Following their sell-out Ulster Hall, Belfast show in December last year, The Coronas are pleased to announce a Custom House Square headline show on Friday 25th August 2023.


The Coronas seventh album, Time Stopped was released in October and went straight to number one on the Irish album charts, making them the first and only self-released Irish band in history to have a third consecutive number one album, an amazing feat for the Dublin trio.

N-Dubz

English pop-hip-hop band N-Dubz announced they will headline Custom House Square, Belfast on Saturday 26th August 2023.


Demand for these shows has been exceptional making an N-Dubz ticket one of the hottest around.


N-Dubz is a trio that consists of band members Dappy, Tulisa, and Fazer. Fazer and Dappy, who have been best friends since childhood, first started rapping together but decided on getting a female voice in the group, inviting Tulisa to the group.

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